The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-01-06
A BRILLIANT WEDDING.
A Spicy Account of 1t by K. N. Pepper
With a Grand Dissertation upon
the Marriage Relation.

To The CITIZEN.
Thursday night, December 23rd,
We had the pleasure of being pres
ent at the house of Mrs. Ann John
son, on Pigeon Roost creek. to wit
ness the marriage of her beautiful
daughter, Miss Ella, to Mr.. W.
M. Williams. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Mr.. King in
very appropriate and ornate style.
The bride looked the essence OF
human happiness-,he essential
oil of bliss-the double refined com
pound extract of Delights laugh
ing ripe brunette" ''the rich tints
her cheeks disclosed" They were
enough to make red school house
blush, and put to shame the hand
soonest October sunset that ever
showed itself between daylight and
dark. And the groom, he did not
not look like he was ticklishly bal
anced between paradise and perdi-
ton, but just like he had taken the
royal arch degree and had climbed
out at the top clothed in his ascen-
sion robe about to take his exit "to
a fairer world on high"
/ wont mention the many good
things with which the table
abounded on account Ct the short
ness of the day, and will stop to
mention only some of the handsome
presents which | noticed on the ia
BILE: Mrs. Ed. Childers, a beauti-
full colored glass water set; Mrs.
jeff. Pullen, dinner castor; little
Guy Reynolds, a fruit bowl; Mrs.
Ada Johnson, "a fine mirror; Miss
Mary johnson, pair of vases; DR..
Davenport, set silver tea spoons;
Mrs. Dougherty, a large lamp.
The congregation will please
sing the following hymn:
There's bliss beyond all that the minstrel
has told,
When two that are linked in one heavenly
tie,
With hearts never changing.and brow never
cold,
Love on through all ills and love on till
they dies
One hour of passion 80 sacred is worth
Whole ages of heartless and wandering
And Oh, if there be an Elysium on earth
1t is this! 1t is this!
Omit the first two and the last
six lines. Suffice it to say both
looked happy from the apex of
their caput to the bottom of their
pedes. And, dear Ella, may it be
so always, with you, and the word
always you know, means from ev-
erlasting to everlasting through all
eternity clear over in the middle of
forever and ever.
Marriage is an institution formed
by God. with the poor assistance OF
man, for the purpose of enhancing
HUMANE Happiness and perpetuating
the human race. Without it we
should be destitute of those domes
tic joys which above all Others are
the. most pure and lasting. Without
it we Should know no more of our
pedigree than polliwog. Without
it we would never feel the fond ties
Of relationship that now bind fami-
lies with families and hearts with
hearts. Without it the endearing
applications of brother and sister
would scarcely be known. Without
it fathers would not know their ow
children from a set of wharf rats
Then would the Omnipotent write
"Finis' to the half finished Journal
of existence and affix a half dozen
astonishers &! y to the con
Guiding fentence.
We must allow that marriage
sometimes makes people miserable:
but this is no argument against its
being a holy and blessed institu
ton. If any couple suffer severely
from its effects, it only shows that
they ought not to have married
each other. 1t serves them exactly
right for being foolish enough t.
yoke themselves together for life
without first ascertaining whether
they could travel without pushing
pulling, hauling, and one wanting
to 60 "gee" while the other seemed
determined to 90 "haw." But Their
are fits to be found always, and
advise you, my young friend, tt
keep trying till you find an exac
fit, for l tell you marriage is like
mouse trap, it is easy enough to &c
iuto it, but it is hard to get out o
it. One thing certain about it, i
is sure cure for love and there
: fore / advise all young persons VIII
are Indignantly afflicted to take {
7 dose of it, or the only alternative
/ commit suicide. Finally, marriag
is like the meeting of two streams
a couple of rivulets that after bah
bling along separately among rocks
: weeds and flowers, over null dam
I ahd precipices, at length unite an
i flow on together, or rather mingl
5 into one in caimness, brightness
and beauty, to the ocean of ever
lasting rest.
Now, Ella, / promised you
wouldn't say anything ugly, not
word. l have tried my best, an
have not said naughty thing; bu
it has been like the Dutchman sal
he got to heaven-"mit tigt
squeeze" If, however, l have sal
single word that CRATES harshl
upon the auditories of your symph'
), NOUS ear you must attribute 1T
:, this being rather ld,misanthrol
, ic morning, making it congeni
:. with our feelings to find fault wit
- everything.
Several of our young friends haN
lately launched their little bari
- upon the broad sea of matrimor
A and dear friends,
i, The boon that would ask for thee
- Is life from sorrow free;
D. But while this would ask for thee,
or Dear on es, l know it cannot be.
n For it will not at all surprise n
1T if after prosperous sail upon t
of voyage of life for nine or te
months you are suddenly overtak
with a s0uoU